Speaking Club

English Conversational Club

An informal event at our school for everybody who wants to practice their fluency of speech with a native speaker.

Each Saturday we meet at 13:00 to share our opinions on most various conversational topics. We clearly understand that the practice of spoken speech is essential for all English learners. Our Conversational Club is a wonderful opportunity to have good time, meet a native speaker and other learners of English and have a thorough discussion.

This event doesn’t have a classical structure of a lesson, on the contrary to all rules and classical studies here people just speak, drop jokes, say what they thinks about the discussed issues in the atmosphere of friendly comfort. We don’t specially define levels of knowing the language neither do we offer any placement tests to enroll on that course. You can attend only one Saturday or become our regular member of the club. The only one thing required is your enthusiasm to speak and meet new people.

What features this event?

To make each meeting of the club more interesting we invite different native speakers from various parts of the world: from the USA, the UK, Australia and New Zealand. They lead a talk, ask questions, explain some of the new words and ask for your ideas. Here is an illustrative list of topics to discuss:

Healthy lifestyle and lifehacks

What does success take?

Men are from Mars, women are from Venus

Customs and traditions

Mass media and its role in our lives

Prognosis for the future: What’s waiting for us?

Passion for travelling

The monster Internet

Fashion and its antics

Going out and different food experiences

Teachers

Zhanna Ogurkovа

Graduated from Leningrad State University, English and French faculty. Has been working for Glory School since 2009. “The most important in teaching for me personally is a good structure, logics of all the steps we go through with the students. I like to bring lots of fun to my lessons as well: games, talk shows, role plays, competitions and even language marathons.”

Nataly Murphy

A native speaker teacher of English from the USA. Graduated from Webster University St. Louis, Missouri (USA), English, Anthropology & Philosophy. Certificate of Teaching English as a foreign language. Has been working for Glory School since 2012. “My students help me discover more curious things about Russian mentality and I try to do my best adopting each lesson for their individual needs.”

Irina Shelestova

Graduated from State University in Pushkin, the faculty of foreign philology. Recently has been successfully qualified as a teacher of English. Has been working for Glory School since 2013. “Each student in a group needs maximum attention from the teacher – I stick to this principle in my work which is the beginning of all success in teaching. In my opinion, the progress of each individual learner should be measured and compared only with his own results at different stages of education.”

Arina Golubeva

Graduated from Leningrad State University, the faculty of foreign languages. Has been working for Glory School since 2017. “I’m fond of creative approach when preparing and structuring my lessons, that’s so wonderful when it’s possible to make a lesson bright, full of music, games, various activities that help my students express themselves and show better results in studing.”

Anastasia Mishina

A qualified teacher of English. Graduated from Pedagogical Gertsen University, successfully proved CPE certificate. Has been working for Glory School since 2014. “When it comes to working out better methods and improving the system of education I see the solution in individual approach in teaching English, we need to use more interesting materials, support students’ motivation at a high level and all those factors together lead to a success.’

Christina Novolodskaya

A qualified teacher of English. Graduated from Pedagogical Gertsen University, the faculty of applied linguistics. Has been working for Glory School since 2015. “I do enjoy working with people, I find it so inspiring when together we discover and explore the wonderful world around us by means of the foreign language.”

Donald Willburn

A native speaker teacher from the USA. The University of Texas at Austin (USA), English and Literature. Certification in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA). Has been working for Glory School since 2011. “When students are interested in something and can connect it to their lives they are more highly motivated and learn at a better rate.”

Natalia Panova

A qualified teacher of English. Graduated from Pedagogical Gertsen University, the faculty of applied linguistics. Has been working for Glory School since 2016. “The main focus is always on the students, their needs and their progress form following steps in choosing the right material for the lesson.”

Vladimir Budkov

Graduated from Saint Petersburg State University, the faculty of foreign languages. Has been working for Glory School since 2016. “I see my main target as a teacher not only in explaining things at the lesson or correcting mistakes, a good teacher must show the students effective ways how they can study on their own for the future, how the process of education is organized and how to make progress studying at home.”

Olga Kuznetsova

Graduated from the Northern Arctic Federal University, Faculty of Foreign Languages. Has been working in Glory School since 2017. "My main task is to arouse students' interest in the language and inspire them to work independently. The immersion in the culture of the language as well as the regular practice are the key to the success."

Anna Danileyko

A qualified teacher of English. Graduated from Leningrad State University. Has been working for Glory School since 2018. “English classes are always a good fun for me though with a deep level of language analyses. To make it even more effective and enjoyable I am choosing a dilemma to distract students attention from mistakes to a real talk.”

Elena Antiptseva

Graduated from Siberian Federal University, Faculty of Philology and Language Communication. Has been working in Glory School since 2017. "The most important thing for me is an individual approach to each student based on an analysis of personal interests and preferences. And I try to make each lesson as interesting, useful and productive as possible."